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Biotech / Medical : Medtronic (MDT)

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Dec 5 9:30 AM EST

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To: Y. Bob Ai who wrote (108)	9/20/1997 6:08:00 PM
From: Caroline McDaniel	of 687

Bob, No such thing as a stupid question...just ignorant people. The reason I have this defibrillator is because I have lethal ventricular tachycardia and it will help to save my life... When my heart start beating too quickly after 9 beats, I get a little shock. If my heart on the other hand, continues beating too quickly, after 15 beats, I receive a MEGA shock. They say it can knock you right off your feet. I have yet to experience this one. My little defibrillator is specifically programmed, as you would program any computer, to my specific condition. Every two months I go and have it checked...they put a mouse type thing on my defib and a computer reads all of the electrical data from my heart and machine for the past two months. The defib is recording data all the time...unless I get too close to a magnet, which turns it off. Guess I won't be visiting the Hoover Dam anytime soon. The laptop they use can speed up or slow down my heart rate. It can also put me into V-tach to make sure that the defib is set correctly. I hope this helps? Tranquility...Caroline

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